Emergency Response System And Method For Elderly Individuals Using Mobile Device

1. A computer-implemented method for communicating an emergency condition of a user by use of a mobile device, the mobile device having network communication functionalities, the method comprising: by use of an emergency mobile app stored on the mobile device of the user, displaying a first on-screen button for the user to actuate in response to an emergency condition, the first on-screen button being displayed on each of a plurality of display pages of the mobile device, each of the plurality of display pages including multiple on-screen buttons associated with apps or functions, the first on-screen button floating over other ones of the multiple on-screen buttons on the plurality of display pages such that the first on-screen button is visually displayed over the other ones of the multiple on-screen buttons; in response to actuation of the first on-screen button by the user, displaying a confirm-emergency button associated with the emergency mobile app to ensure that the user intends to send emergency communications; and in response to actuation of the confirm-emergency button by the user, automatically communicating, by use of the mobile device, (i) a plurality of text messages to a plurality of designated recipients indicating that the user has encountered the emergency condition, and (ii) a phone call to a designated public-safety organization from which the user is requesting an emergency service, wherein, in response to the mobile device receiving no voice input from the user after the actuation of the emergency button, the phone call including a pre-recorded audio message that is recorded prior to actuation of the emergency button, the pre-recorded audio message includes a location portion that indicates the user's location when the user actuated the emergency button, the location portion of the pre-recorded audio message being selected from a plurality of possible location portions that have been pre-recorded prior to actuation of the emergency button.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the phone call is a live phone call that automatically actuates a speakerphone functionality of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of designated recipients who receive the text message include at least two of the following (i) a neighbor, (ii) a spouse, (iii) a sibling, and (iv) a child.

4. The method of claim 1 , further including, by use of the emergency mobile app stored on the mobile device of the user, storing mobile-device contact information for each of the plurality of designated recipients and for the designated public-safety organization.

5. The method of claim 4 , further including, by use of the emergency mobile app stored on the mobile device of the user, displaying an emergency-contacts set-up page that permits the user to modify contact information related to the plurality of designated recipients and for the designated public-safety organization.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in response to the actuation of the confirm-emergency button by the user, automatically communicating, by the mobile device, a second plurality of text messages to the plurality of designated recipients indicating that location of the user as determined by a Wi-Fi detection signal or a GPS-location signal associated with the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 6 , further including, by use of the emergency mobile app stored on the mobile device of the user, storing the street-address location associated with a particular Wi-Fi detection signal such that the Wi-Fi detection signal serves as a location identifier in the event that the user actuates the confirm-emergency button.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of text messages are in the form of a single group text message to the plurality of designated recipients.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device includes an accelerometer or communicates with monitoring device of the user that includes an accelerometer, and the method further includes, in response to acceleration data from the accelerometer indicating a potential fall or accident by the user, automatically communicating via the text message or that phone call that the potential fall or accident has occurred.

10. A computer-implemented method for communicating an emergency condition of a user by use of a mobile device, the mobile device having network communication functionalities, the method comprising: by use of an emergency mobile app stored on the mobile device of the user, displaying an emergency button for the user to actuate in response to an emergency condition, the emergency button being displayed on each of a plurality of display pages of the mobile device; receiving, from a monitor device, health-related data associated with the user, the monitor device including a wireless transceiver for communicating with the mobile device; by use of the emergency mobile app stored on the mobile device of the user, accessing the health-related data of the user; in response to actuation of the emergency button by the user, automatically communicating, by use of the mobile device, (i) a phone call to a designated public-safety organization from which the user is requesting an emergency service, and (ii) a plurality of text messages to a plurality of designated recipients indicating that the user has encountered the emergency condition, the plurality of text messages including texts that provides the current health-related data of the user, wherein, if no voice input from the user is received by the mobile device after the actuation of the emergency button, the phone call includes a pre-recorded audio message that is recorded prior to actuation of the emergency button, the pre-recorded audio message includes a location portion that indicates the user's location when the user actuates the emergency button, the location portion of the pre-recorded audio message being selected from a plurality of possible location portions that have been pre-recorded prior to actuation of the emergency button.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein, in response to actuation of the emergency button by the user, automatically communicating, by the mobile device, a second plurality of text messages to the plurality of designated recipients indicating that location of the user as determined by a Wi-Fi detection signal or a GPS-location signal.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the prerecorded audio message includes the health-related data of the user.

13. A computer-implemented method for communicating an emergency condition of a user by use of a mobile device, the method comprising: downloading, to the mobile device, an emergency mobile app; by use of an input device associated with the mobile device, receiving and storing user information for the emergency mobile app that can be used for emergency communications in the event of a future emergency condition, the user information including contact information for contacts that are to be contacted in the event of a future emergency condition, the user information including health-related information that corresponds to the user's health condition, the user information further including a plurality of pre-recorded audio messages that indicate a plurality of different user locations and that are recorded prior to an emergency situation; displaying, on the display screen of the mobile device, an emergency button associated with the emergency mobile app, the emergency button being actuatable by the user in response to an emergency condition, the emergency button being displayed on each of a plurality of display pages of the mobile device; after the emergency button has been actuated, automatically communicating, by the mobile device, (i) a plurality of text messages to at least one designated recipient indicating that the user has encountered the emergency condition, and (ii) a phone call to a designated public-safety organization from which the user is requesting an emergency service, at least one of the plurality of text messages and the phone call including the health-related information that was previously entered by the user via the emergency mobile app, and wherein in response to the mobile device receiving no voice input from the user after the actuation of the emergency button, the phone call to the designated public-safety organization includes one of the plurality of pre-recorded audio messages that is associated with the user's location at the time of the actuation of the emergency button as determined by a Wi-Fi detection signal or a GPS-location signal received by the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein, in response to actuation of the emergency button by the user, automatically displaying a confirm-emergency button associated with the emergency mobile app to ensure that the user intends to send emergency communications, the automatic communicating of the plurality of text messages and the phone call occurring in response to the actuation of the confirm-emergency button.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the health-related information includes data from a health-monitoring device that is linked to the mobile device.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the health-related information includes the user's current diagnosed medical conditions or medications.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of text messages are in the form of a single group text message to a plurality of designated recipients.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the prerecorded audio message includes the health-related information of the user.